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Topic-based tabulation: Various Languages Spoken (147), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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General information

Catalogue number :97-555-XCB2006010
Release date :December 4, 2007
Topic :Language
Data dimensions :

Note

Note: Data quality - Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)

When comparing the census results to those of the 2001 Census, it appears that there is some overestimation of persons reporting Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) in British Columbia and, as a result, also at the Canada level. Although it affects a relatively small population, it is best to apply caution when analysing the census data for Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) in these geographies.

For more information on factors that may explain such variances in census data, such as response errors and processing errors, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, Appendix B Data quality, sampling and weighting, confidentiality and random rounding.

Note: Data on knowledge of official languages

According to studies on data certification, the 2006 Census statistics on knowledge of official languages could underestimate the category 'English and French' and overestimate the category 'French only,' particularly for the francophone population, but also for the whole population in general. More information on the subject will be available in the Languages Reference Guide, to be published in 2008.

Note: Knowledge of various languages

Official and non-official languages are included in this table.

Note: Population universe

The population universe of the 2006 Census includes the following groups:
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants with a usual place of residence in Canada;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants who are abroad, either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission;
- Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Study Permits and members of their families living with them;
- persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who hold Work Permits and members of their families living with them.

For census purposes, the last three groups in this list are referred to as 'non-permanent residents'. For further information, refer to the variable Immigration: Non-permanent resident found in the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

Data table

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This table details various languages spoken , age groups and sex for the population in Medicine HatFootnote 1
Various languages spoken (147) Sex (3)
Total - Sex Male Female
English 67,500 33,605 33,895
French 2,240 890 1,345
Algonquin 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0
Blackfoot 25 0 20
Cree 0 0 0
Malecite 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0
Montagnais-Naskapi 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Carrier 0 0 0
Chilcotin 0 0 0
Chipewyan 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0
Dogrib 0 0 0
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux) 0 0 0
North Slave (Hare) 0 0 0
South Slave 0 0 0
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Haida 0 0 0
Mohawk 0 0 0
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kutenai 0 0 0
Shuswap 10 10 0
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux) 10 10 0
Tlingit 0 0 0
Gitksan 0 0 0
Nisga'a 0 0 0
Tsimshian 0 0 0
Nootka 0 0 0
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0
Inuktitut, n.i.e. 30 10 25
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Italian 190 125 65
Portuguese 45 10 35
Romanian 25 15 10
Spanish 825 420 410
Romance languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Dutch 370 170 200
Flemish 10 0 0
Frisian 0 0 0
German 3,710 1,800 1,910
Yiddish 0 0 0
Danish 50 25 25
Icelandic 10 0 10
Norwegian 45 15 30
Swedish 20 0 15
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Gaelic languages 0 0 0
Welsh 40 25 15
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 0 0 0
Bosnian 35 15 20
Bulgarian 0 0 0
Croatian 45 30 15
Czech 10 0 0
Macedonian 0 0 0
Polish 225 95 130
Russian 65 40 25
Serbian 60 40 15
Serbo-Croatian 15 10 10
Slovak 10 10 10
Slovenian 10 0 0
Ukrainian 210 70 135
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 70 35 35
Latvian 0 0 0
Lithuanian 0 0 0
Estonian 0 0 0
Finnish 20 0 15
Hungarian 45 35 10
Greek 30 25 0
Armenian 10 0 10
Azerbaijani 0 0 0
Turkish 0 0 0
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0
Oromo 0 0 0
Somali 20 0 10
Amharic 10 10 10
Arabic 45 20 20
Hebrew 10 0 0
Maltese 0 0 0
Tigrigna 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Bengali 15 15 10
Gujarati 0 0 0
Hindi 50 20 25
Konkani 0 0 0
Marathi 0 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 35 10 25
Sindhi 0 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0 0 0
Urdu 30 20 10
Kurdish 10 0 0
Pashto 0 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 15 10 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Kannada 0 0 0
Malayalam 30 10 20
Tamil 10 0 0
Telugu 0 0 0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Japanese 100 60 35
Korean 110 60 50
Cantonese 95 35 60
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0
Fukien 0 0 0
Hakka 0 0 0
Mandarin 15 0 15
Shanghainese 0 0 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0
Chinese, n.o.s.Footnote 2 285 130 150
Tibetan languages 0 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Lao 0 0 0
Thai 0 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 0 0 10
Vietnamese 100 30 70
Bisayan languages 0 0 0
Ilocano 0 0 0
Malay 0 0 0
Pampango 0 0 0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 80 40 45
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 10 0 10
Akan (Twi) 0 0 0
Lingala 10 0 0
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0
Shona 10 10 0
Swahili 35 30 10
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
Edo 10 0 10
Igbo 10 0 0
Wolof 0 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0
African languages, n.i.e. 10 0 0
Creoles 10 10 0
American Sign Language 10 0 10
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 0
Sign languages, n.i.e. 60 20 45
Other languages 35 10 25

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing, for the short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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Footnote 2

The 2006 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' includes responses of 'Chinese' as well as all Chinese languages other than Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Chaochow (Teochow), Fukien, Hakka and Shanghainese. Data for the 'Chinese, n.o.s.' category in 2001 and 2006 are not directly comparable. The 2001 category 'Chinese, n.o.s.' is equivalent to the sum of the 2006 categories 'Chinese, n.o.s.' and 'Chaochow (Teochow),' 'Fukien,' 'Shanghainese' and Taiwanese.'

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-555-XCB2006010.

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